Watching Tyran Porter with the Doobie Brothers play on the sitcom What’s Happening—he was by far the coolest person in the band!

What’s a lesson you’ve learned along the way?

Have fun with it, enjoy life while you have life, mean people suck!

What are your musical goals?

Actually met a few of them—got a few endorsements, music on national radio, sold some songs across the world, played with many wonderful and talented people. My main goal is to improve my sight-reading and play all kinds of styles, I’d also like to be the bass player for Jimmy Buffett’s band every summer!

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